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"Overlooked gems" is the term used in gifted education to describe high potential low-income students who are unable to excel because of significant barriers in their homes, environments, and educational systems, thus ...

The current phenomenological case study, based in part on Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory, set out to examine the lived experiences of individuals sharing and mediating meaningful communication with individuals who have ...

The following dissertation reports on a mixed-methods, convergent parallel design research study of the impact of a computational thinking curriculum on attitudes towards computation and the use of technology. This study ...

This action research study focused on how various grouping strategies influenced preservice teachers’ differentiation of instruction. The participants included a third grade mentor teacher and three preservice teacher ...

The current study examined the effects of communication training with an iPad™ used as a speech generating device (SGD) to promote generalization to community settings. The participants were taught to use the iPad™ with ...

There are many benefits to the presence of international students on American campuses such as increase in diversity and economic contribution (AEC, 2000). However, many international students struggle with adjusting to ...

The present study examined the relationships of college knowledge and parent education level with these college-going beliefs: (a) self-efficacy, (b) outcome expectations, (c) likelihood both to go to and graduate from ...

This grounded theory, multiple case study addressed the need for improvement in the training of Baptist pastors for practical ministry. The researcher posed the research question, "What is the role of mentoring in the ...

This dissertation study describes the characteristics of Hispanic students who were and were not retained at the university level. Two-hundred and forty-five undergraduate Hispanic students answered survey and assessment ...

The purpose of the current study was to examine SLPs' perceptions of services to children with SLD from CLD backgrounds focusing on: (a) SLPs' perceived competence in providing services to children with SLD from CLD ...

The present study explored the perceived level of support teachers experience while pursuing professional reading as part of professional development. In order to do so, a descriptive study was designed to investigate the ...

College student retention has been studied in depth at both 4-year and 2-year institutions, but not at technical colleges. Institutions of higher education continue to struggle with early identification and intervention ...

In this study, the researcher uses an experimental design to investigate the impact
of five-week intervention of group Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL) on levels of hope,
self-efficacy, and depression in at-risk adolescents. ...